The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-09


the Bethel Church tomorrow, 10th,
Tie salem Board Of Education has
decided to build an s.. 900 school house
this season.
William Diver is having a barn erect.
ed on his recently purchased premises
at Union Corner.
c p. john +. Fruit will run the
steam barge Vega to carry freight from
Bridgeport this season.
Any one having found a Yale lock
key with a stick tied to it, conceived
at both ends will greatly oblige the own
ers by leaving it at the RECORD Office.
Rev. Samuel II. Weber, Of Courses
Landing, who attended Pennington
Seminary last fall and winter has been
preaching during the spring, being now
stationed at Talleytown. Bucks county.
a supply in the Philadelphia Confer
ence.
The Rumsey building in Salem @
passes from one ownership to another
because it proves to be a bigger Head
elephant than one wants to carry amy
length of time. George Vannatra, of
Trenton. has sold it to a Mr.. Lawrence
of Bristol, Pa.
On Monday Miss Mamie Ford was
struck by a swing in French's grove
and knocked over the stone wall into
the river. The tide being down she
fell on the ground receiving several
bruises about the face and body and a
broken wrist.
The g%lassblowers from Quinton who
started IA cooperative factory III viii
mington last fall have been very sue
cessfnl with their past seasons work.
1000, 900 square feet of window glass
was blown most Of which has been
sold. The blowers make from $50 TO
$40 a week aud helpers about SIS.
ped" Sparks, while cutting wheat
for John McCarsou with a binder last
Saturday got severely wounded while
attempting to adjust the binding ma
chinery. The needle. which is very
blunt, went through the palm Of his
hand, tearing it terrible, and tied the
knot. The wound is recovering as
well as a be expected.
The Ingham farm, at Pennsyille,
now tenanted by John Meyers, has
been purchased by James T., and Miss
Baker who viii convert the dwelling
into a building for school purposes. as
a Riverside Seminary" Streets will
be laid through the farm and will be
sold in shape o building lots.
A new Inspector Ton the light houses
along the Delaware river has been ap-
pointed recently by the light house
board at Washington. In his first visit
to the rear light in Henby creek mead
ow he complimented Mr.. w. d, Tor
ton very highly for the manner in which
the premises were kept.
Capt. Aladdin Dole's schooner Aug
Flower arrived off Pennsgrove ON Fri
day night Of last week with a load of.
lumber from South Creek, n. G. for
Philadelphia Misses Gporgie Mattson
and Maggie Denny Who went with him
enjoyed their trip greatly, excepting
a days set sickness going and coming,
Sc. Worth of the United States
fish commission has been in Delaware
City for some lime investigating the
Delaware sturgeon industry for the
purposes of the Smithsonian Institute
at Washington. He obtained some eX-
cellent photographs of the methods OF
| sturgeon fishing in vogue. A cOmpre-
hensiye illustrated report will be COM
piled upon the subject by him.
List Of letters remaining in the
Pennsgroye post office for the month
ending June Both: Mrs. NJ. Biddle,
l.. & p, Sallie Burt, Miss $. Moore,
Miss Louie Wiley, Henry II. Bowan,
Tbos. Haslam. Tn omas Ilasalum, sam
uel Mallane, Esq, j. F. Newcomb.
Persons calling for the above please
say advertised. w. s. Avis, +. NJ.
The artesian well at Woodland Beach
down the Delaware Bay, has been COM
pleted. reaching il vein of water at "A
depth of 1870 fret that rose in the tube
to within seven feet of the surface.
The workmen bored through a log
at the depth of 80 feet. At a
depth of l12 feet the anger brought up
feathers and the well defined wing
of a bird.
The origin Of the cheap wittieism
which refers to New Jersey as 'aforeigu
| country .'outside the Union, 2 etc,
is found in the fact that our state was
supposed to be the first to grant foreign.
| els the privilege of holding aud convey
ing lands within its borders without
renouncing their allegiance to their
native lands. As a matter % ldcl,
however, New York state granted such
privileges in twenty-one instances sew
eral years previous to the date when
New Jersey gave those to Joseph
B%Onaparte.
The Peoples celebration Of the
Fnurth in WoodstoWu consisted OF "a
game Of baseball in the forenoon be-
tween the Woodstown aud Woodbury.
clubs on the Fair Ground. The Woods
town club won by a scord 10 t g. In.
the afternoon a tub race on the pond
created much amusement. Another
game Of baseball between the Woud5-
town and Quiutou clubs was won by
ths mac nv a score of 9tfn4